ANANTH KUMAR (BANGALORE SOUTH): I beg to present the Sixty-sixth Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Standing Committee on Finance on the Collection of Statistics Bill, 2007.

SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government of India has taken a decision to close down the existing airport at Hyderabad as a new airport, which is 45 kms. away from the city of Hyderabad, will be inaugurated tomorrow. When the agreement was finalized in 1999-2000, the growth in the civil aviation sector was only 6 per cent. This agreement was finalized when the NDA was in power. Today the growth in the civil aviation sector is 20 per cent.

MR. SPEAKER: The House shall take up Item Nos.29 to 31 together.

Motion moved:

“That the respective sums not exceeding the amounts on Revenue Account and Capital Account shown in the third column of the Order Paper be granted to the

MR. SPEAKER: The House shall now take up Item No.18. Shri Adhir

Chowdhury to continue.

SHRI ADHIR CHOWDHURY (BERHAMPORE, WEST BENGAL): Sir, while deliberating on the Motion of Thanks, I must appreciate, at the outset, that the

ANANTH KUMAR (BANGALORE SOUTH): Sir, on 26th of February, the State Government of Tamil Nadu has come out with a project called Hogenakal Drinking Water and Hydel Project and the hon. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu went ahead …(Expunged as ordered by the Chair) to lay its foundation stone. Actually, Hogenakal is part and parcel of Karnataka and we have been continuously communicating to the Government of Tamil Nadu that it is part of Karnataka and that they cannot proceed without the permission of the Central Water Commission. … (Interruptions)